Comments on: Japanese Diaspora at ASPAC http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/ The Japan History Group Blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:08:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/comment-page-1/#comment-115632 Jonathan Dresner Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:20:41 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/#comment-115632 The best thing I could recommend is to contact Frederico Magdalena: pretty much everything I know about the subject came from his talk! He's at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, so you should be able to find an email address for him through the UH directory. The best thing I could recommend is to contact Frederico Magdalena: pretty much everything I know about the subject came from his talk! He’s at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, so you should be able to find an email address for him through the UH directory.

]]> By: stefannie tan http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/comment-page-1/#comment-115624 stefannie tan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:23:07 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/#comment-115624 hello! I am currently an undergraduate here in the Philippines and am currently doing research on the topic of socio-economic effects of Japanese migrants in Davao. However, I find myself with limited resources and would appreciate some book and article recommendations. :) hello! I am currently an undergraduate here in the Philippines and am currently doing research on the topic of socio-economic effects of Japanese migrants in Davao. However, I find myself with limited resources and would appreciate some book and article recommendations. :)

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/comment-page-1/#comment-72197 Jonathan Dresner Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:26:26 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/#comment-72197 Cohen was a name that came up in the discussion, as I recall. I don't think the problem is "social babble" (though I do think sociologists are prone to jargon) as it is a lack of historical perspective in sociology. Cohen was a name that came up in the discussion, as I recall.

I don’t think the problem is “social babble” (though I do think sociologists are prone to jargon) as it is a lack of historical perspective in sociology.

]]> By: J. Otto Pohl http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/comment-page-1/#comment-72194 J. Otto Pohl Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:50:41 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2007/06/japanese-diaspora-at-aspac/#comment-72194 Fascinating discussion of diaspora. But, I think the term has a simple and useful meaning at least for people not caught up in theory and social science jargon. Robin Cohen explained it best I think. I am parapharsing, but he basically defined it as a national group dispersed across several states that maintained its connection to its original homeland across generations. This connection could be political or cultural. Of course the connections are not stagnant. The connection of the Jewish diaspora or Irish diaspora in the US to their imagined homeland in the 21st century is very different than it was in the 19th century. This change contrary to social babble people like Brubaker, however, does not invalidate the concept. Fascinating discussion of diaspora. But, I think the term has a simple and useful meaning at least for people not caught up in theory and social science jargon. Robin Cohen explained it best I think. I am parapharsing, but he basically defined it as a national group dispersed across several states that maintained its connection to its original homeland across generations. This connection could be political or cultural. Of course the connections are not stagnant. The connection of the Jewish diaspora or Irish diaspora in the US to their imagined homeland in the 21st century is very different than it was in the 19th century. This change contrary to social babble people like Brubaker, however, does not invalidate the concept.

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